Extruders

Equipment Applications - Extruders

An Extruder is a motor-driven screw inside a tube or barrel. Various raw materials, such as plastic compounds, are fed into the extruder. The outside of the barrel is a hollow jacket through which a hot fluid can be circulated in order to melt the material inside the barrel. The screw actions moves the material through the barrel and helps blend it together. The plastic mixture is forces through a device on the end of the barrel that shapes the material into a desired form.

For mixing, blending, shaping a variety of materials, Extruders are used in the manufacture of chemicals, blending materials for fibers, and producing plastics/rubbers to make products like straws and tubing